On Demand: Advancing AF Care: Long-Term Monitoring From Clinical Evidence to Practice-Webinar Recording

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This webinar focused on advancing atrial fibrillation (AFib) care through long-term monitoring, highlighting clinical evidence and practical implementation. Dr. DJ Laccaretti and Dr. Colombo Walla discussed the evolution and benefits of implantable cardiac monitors (ICMs) in managing AFib. Traditional monitors were bulky and limited, whereas modern ICMs are compact, with longer battery life and advanced features including cloud-based AI analysis, enabling continuous monitoring, better risk stratification, and timely intervention. The MONITOR-AF study showed that continuous long-term monitoring with ICMs improves access to specialists, anticoagulation compliance, timely catheter ablation, and overall outcomes, while reducing hospital stays and costs. The speakers emphasized AFib as a chronic disease requiring dynamic management analogous to diabetes or hypertension. They also addressed the challenge of data overload from remote monitoring, highlighting the role of AI in reducing false alerts and third-party platforms like Octagos to streamline data management and enhance clinic efficiency. Both physicians underscored patient satisfaction with implantable monitors over wearables due to reliability and ease of use, advocating for broader adoption and payer support. The session concluded that integrating advanced monitoring tools and effective data management is essential to improve AFib patient outcomes and reduce the healthcare burden.

Keywords

atrial fibrillation

implantable cardiac monitors

long-term monitoring

AI analysis

MONITOR-AF study

catheter ablation

remote monitoring

patient satisfaction

healthcare cost reduction